101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2553
 
Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
New Act
105 ILCS 5/2-3.28 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28
105 ILCS 5/18-8.15
30 ILCS 805/8.43 new

 Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2020, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.



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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
 
 
A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning education.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Education Prioritization Act.

6 Section 5. Educational appropriations.  Beginning with 
7fiscal year 2020 and
in
each fiscal year
thereafter, subject to 
8the provisions of Section 10 of this Act, the General
Assembly

9shall appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula set 
10forth in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code an amount that is 
11equal to or
exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount 
12appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula set forth 
13in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code
during the fiscal year 
14immediately
preceding the fiscal year for which the 
15appropriation is being made; and
(ii) 51% of total new general

16funds available for spending
from estimated growth in revenues 
17and funds available because of
budgeted program growth and 
18decline
in the fiscal year for which the
appropriation is being 
19made; but in no event shall the sum be less than the percentage 
20required under Section 10 of this Act. The Commission on 
21Government Forecasting and Accountability shall certify
the 
22amount of total new general funds available for spending.



 
 
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1 Section 10. State and federal funding.  State funding for 
2the evidence-based funding formula set forth in
Section 18-8.15 
3of the School Code shall be
appropriated pursuant to Section 5 
4of this Act so that the sum of
State
and federal spending

5represents no less than 51% of the total revenues available 
6from local, State, and
federal sources for elementary and 
7secondary education programs for the
current fiscal year, as 
8estimated by the State Superintendent of Education.


9 Section 15. Continuing appropriation.  If the General

10Assembly fails to make appropriations to
the State Board of 
11Education in fiscal year 2020 or in any fiscal
year thereafter 
12sufficient to fund the evidence-based funding formula set
forth 
13in
Section 18-8.15 of the School Code, this Act shall

14constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary 
15for that
purpose.

16 Section 20. Governor's budget.  Beginning with fiscal year 
172021 and in each
fiscal year
thereafter, the Governor shall 
18include in his or her annual budget an allocation
for 
19elementary and secondary education that conforms
to the 
20provisions of this Act.


21 Section 85. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 
222-3.28 and 18-8.15 as follows:




 
 
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1 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28)



2 Sec. 2-3.28. Rules and regulations of budget and accounting 
3systems. To prescribe rules and regulations defining what shall 
4constitute a
budget and accounting system required under this 
5Act. The rules and
regulations shall prescribe the minimum 
6extent of verification, the type
of audit, the extent of the 
7audit report and shall require compliance
with statutory 
8requirements and standards and such requirements as the
State 
9Board of Education deems
necessary for an adequate
budget and 
10accounting system. For the 2019-2020 school year and 
11thereafter, the rules and regulations shall prescribe a system 
12for accounting for revenues and expenditures at the individual 
13school level that includes, without limitation, the following:
14  (1) accounting for expenditures for school 
15 administration, regular instruction, special education 
16 instruction, instructional programs for children of 
17 limited English-speaking ability, instructional support 
18 services, and pupil support services;
19  (2) salary expenditures reflecting actual staff 
20 salaries at each school;
21  (3) accounting for operations, including 
22 non-instructional pupil services, facilities, and business 
23 services; and
24  (4) such other requirements as the State Board of 
25 Education deems necessary to provide for a uniform and 
26 transparent system of accounting at the school level. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)


2 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.15)
3 Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-based funding for student success 
4for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years. 
5 (a) General provisions. 
6  (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by 
7 June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a kindergarten 
8 through grade 12 public education system with the capacity 
9 to ensure the educational development of all persons to the 
10 limits of their capacities in accordance with Section 1 of 
11 Article X of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. To 
12 accomplish that objective, this Section creates a method of 
13 funding public education that is evidence-based; is 
14 sufficient to ensure every student receives a meaningful 
15 opportunity to learn irrespective of race, ethnicity, 
16 sexual orientation, gender, or community-income level; and 
17 is sustainable and predictable. When fully funded under 
18 this Section, every school shall have the resources, based 
19 on what the evidence indicates is needed, to: 
20   (A) provide all students with a high quality 
21 education that offers the academic, enrichment, social 
22 and emotional support, technical, and career-focused 
23 programs that will allow them to become competitive 
24 workers, responsible parents, productive citizens of 
25 this State, and active members of our national 
 
 
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1 democracy;
2   (B) ensure all students receive the education they 
3 need to graduate from high school with the skills 
4 required to pursue post-secondary education and 
5 training for a rewarding career;
6   (C) reduce, with a goal of eliminating, the 
7 achievement gap between at-risk and non-at-risk 
8 students by raising the performance of at-risk 
9 students and not by reducing standards; and
10   (D) ensure this State satisfies its obligation to 
11 assume the primary responsibility to fund public 
12 education and simultaneously relieve the 
13 disproportionate burden placed on local property taxes 
14 to fund schools. 
15  (2) The evidence-based funding formula under this 
16 Section shall be applied to all Organizational Units in 
17 this State. The evidence-based funding formula outlined in 
18 this Act is based on the formula outlined in Senate Bill 1 
19 of the 100th General Assembly, as passed by both 
20 legislative chambers. As further defined and described in 
21 this Section, there are 4 major components of the 
22 evidence-based funding model: 
23   (A) First, the model calculates a unique adequacy 
24 target for each Organizational Unit in this State that 
25 considers the costs to implement research-based 
26 activities, the unit's student demographics, and 
 
 
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1 regional wage difference.
2   (B) Second, the model calculates each 
3 Organizational Unit's local capacity, or the amount 
4 each Organizational Unit is assumed to contribute 
5 towards its adequacy target from local resources.
6   (C) Third, the model calculates how much funding 
7 the State currently contributes to the Organizational 
8 Unit, and adds that to the unit's local capacity to 
9 determine the unit's overall current adequacy of 
10 funding.
11   (D) Finally, the model's distribution method 
12 allocates new State funding to those Organizational 
13 Units that are least well-funded, considering both 
14 local capacity and State funding, in relation to their 
15 adequacy target. 
16  (3) An Organizational Unit receiving any funding under 
17 this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received 
18 for which that Organizational Unit is authorized to make 
19 expenditures by law.
20  (4) As used in this Section, the following terms shall 
21 have the meanings ascribed in this paragraph (4): 
22  "Adequacy Target" is defined in paragraph (1) of 
23 subsection (b) of this Section.
24  "Adjusted EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of 
25 subsection (d) of this Section. 
26  "Adjusted Local Capacity Target" is defined in 
 
 
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1 paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of this Section.
2  "Adjusted Operating Tax Rate" means a tax rate for all 
3 Organizational Units, for which the State Superintendent 
4 shall calculate and subtract for the Operating Tax Rate a 
5 transportation rate based on total expenses for 
6 transportation services under this Code, as reported on the 
7 most recent Annual Financial Report in Pupil 
8 Transportation Services, function 2550 in both the 
9 Education and Transportation funds and functions 4110 and 
10 4120 in the Transportation fund, less any corresponding 
11 fiscal year State of Illinois scheduled payments excluding 
12 net adjustments for prior years for regular, vocational, or 
13 special education transportation reimbursement pursuant to 
14 Section 29-5 or subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this 
15 Code divided by the Adjusted EAV. If an Organizational 
16 Unit's corresponding fiscal year State of Illinois 
17 scheduled payments excluding net adjustments for prior 
18 years for regular, vocational, or special education 
19 transportation reimbursement pursuant to Section 29-5 or 
20 subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this Code exceed the 
21 total transportation expenses, as defined in this 
22 paragraph, no transportation rate shall be subtracted from 
23 the Operating Tax Rate. 
24  "Allocation Rate" is defined in paragraph (3) of 
25 subsection (g) of this Section.
26  "Alternative School" means a public school that is 
 
 
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1 created and operated by a regional superintendent of 
2 schools and approved by the State Board.
3  "Applicable Tax Rate" is defined in paragraph (1) of 
4 subsection (d) of this Section.
5  "Assessment" means any of those benchmark, progress 
6 monitoring, formative, diagnostic, and other assessments, 
7 in addition to the State accountability assessment, that 
8 assist teachers' needs in understanding the skills and 
9 meeting the needs of the students they serve.
10  "Assistant principal" means a school administrator 
11 duly endorsed to be employed as an assistant principal in 
12 this State.
13  "At-risk student" means a student who is at risk of not 
14 meeting the Illinois Learning Standards or not graduating 
15 from elementary or high school and who demonstrates a need 
16 for vocational support or social services beyond that 
17 provided by the regular school program. All students 
18 included in an Organizational Unit's Low-Income Count, as 
19 well as all English learner and disabled students attending 
20 the Organizational Unit, shall be considered at-risk 
21 students under this Section.
22  "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" for fiscal year 
23 2018 means, for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the 
24 average number of students (grades K through 12) reported 
25 to the State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit 
26 on October 1 in the immediately preceding school year, plus 
 
 
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1 the pre-kindergarten students who receive special 
2 education services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to 
3 the State Board on December 1 in the immediately preceding 
4 school year, or the average number of students (grades K 
5 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the 
6 Organizational Unit on October 1, plus the 
7 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education 
8 services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to the State 
9 Board on December 1, for each of the immediately preceding 
10 3 school years. For fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent 
11 fiscal year, "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" means, 
12 for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the average 
13 number of students (grades K through 12) reported to the 
14 State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit on 
15 October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding school 
16 year, plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive 
17 special education services as reported to the State Board 
18 on October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding 
19 school year, or the average number of students (grades K 
20 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the 
21 Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the 
22 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education 
23 services as reported to the State Board on October 1 and 
24 March 1, for each of the immediately preceding 3 school 
25 years. For the purposes of this definition, "enrolled in 
26 the Organizational Unit" means the number of students 
 
 
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1 reported to the State Board who are enrolled in schools 
2 within the Organizational Unit that the student attends or 
3 would attend if not placed or transferred to another school 
4 or program to receive needed services. For the purposes of 
5 calculating "ASE", all students, grades K through 12, 
6 excluding those attending kindergarten for a half day, 
7 shall be counted as 1.0. All students attending 
8 kindergarten for a half day shall be counted as 0.5, unless 
9 in 2017 by June 15 or by March 1 in subsequent years, the 
10 school district reports to the State Board of Education the 
11 intent to implement full-day kindergarten district-wide 
12 for all students, then all students attending kindergarten 
13 shall be counted as 1.0. Special education 
14 pre-kindergarten students shall be counted as 0.5 each. If 
15 the State Board does not collect or has not collected both 
16 an October 1 and March 1 enrollment count by grade or a 
17 December 1 collection of special education 
18 pre-kindergarten students as of the effective date of this 
19 amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, it shall 
20 establish such collection for all future years. For any 
21 year where a count by grade level was collected only once, 
22 that count shall be used as the single count available for 
23 computing a 3-year average ASE. School districts shall 
24 submit the data for the ASE calculation to the State Board 
25 within 45 days of the dates required in this Section for 
26 submission of enrollment data in order for it to be 
 
 
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1 included in the ASE calculation. For fiscal year 2018 only, 
2 the ASE calculation shall include only enrollment taken on 
3 October 1. 
4  "Base Funding Guarantee" is defined in paragraph (10) 
5 of subsection (g) of this Section. 
6  "Base Funding Minimum" is defined in subsection (e) of 
7 this Section.
8  "Base Tax Year" means the property tax levy year used 
9 to calculate the Budget Year allocation of primary State 
10 aid.
11  "Base Tax Year's Extension" means the product of the 
12 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county clerk 
13 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as 
14 calculated by the county clerk and defined in PTELL.
15  "Bilingual Education Allocation" means the amount of 
16 an Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target 
17 attributable to bilingual education divided by the 
18 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target, the product 
19 of which shall be multiplied by the amount of new funding 
20 received pursuant to this Section. An Organizational 
21 Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable to bilingual 
22 education shall include all additional investments in 
23 English learner students' adequacy elements.
24  "Budget Year" means the school year for which primary 
25 State aid is calculated and awarded under this Section. 
26  "Central office" means individual administrators and 
 
 
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1 support service personnel charged with managing the 
2 instructional programs, business and operations, and 
3 security of the Organizational Unit.
4  "Comparable Wage Index" or "CWI" means a regional cost 
5 differentiation metric that measures systemic, regional 
6 variations in the salaries of college graduates who are not 
7 educators. The CWI utilized for this Section shall, for the 
8 first 3 years of Evidence-Based Funding implementation, be 
9 the CWI initially developed by the National Center for 
10 Education Statistics, as most recently updated by Texas A & 
11 M University. In the fourth and subsequent years of 
12 Evidence-Based Funding implementation, the State 
13 Superintendent shall re-determine the CWI using a similar 
14 methodology to that identified in the Texas A & M 
15 University study, with adjustments made no less frequently 
16 than once every 5 years.
17  "Computer technology and equipment" means computers 
18 servers, notebooks, network equipment, copiers, printers, 
19 instructional software, security software, curriculum 
20 management courseware, and other similar materials and 
21 equipment. 
22  "Computer technology and equipment investment 
23 allocation" means the final Adequacy Target amount of an 
24 Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 in the 
25 prior school year attributable to the additional $285.50 
26 per student computer technology and equipment investment 
 
 
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1 grant divided by the Organizational Unit's final Adequacy 
2 Target, the result of which shall be multiplied by the 
3 amount of new funding received pursuant to this Section. An 
4 Organizational Unit assigned to a Tier 1 or Tier 2 final 
5 Adequacy Target attributable to the received computer 
6 technology and equipment investment grant shall include 
7 all additional investments in computer technology and 
8 equipment adequacy elements. 
9  "Core subject" means mathematics; science; reading, 
10 English, writing, and language arts; history and social 
11 studies; world languages; and subjects taught as Advanced 
12 Placement in high schools.
13  "Core teacher" means a regular classroom teacher in 
14 elementary schools and teachers of a core subject in middle 
15 and high schools.
16  "Core Intervention teacher (tutor)" means a licensed 
17 teacher providing one-on-one or small group tutoring to 
18 students struggling to meet proficiency in core subjects.
19  "CPPRT" means corporate personal property replacement 
20 tax funds paid to an Organizational Unit during the 
21 calendar year one year before the calendar year in which a 
22 school year begins, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the 
23 abolition of ad valorem personal property tax and the 
24 replacement of revenues lost thereby, and amending and 
25 repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in connection 
26 therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended (Public 
 
 
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1 Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
2  "EAV" means equalized assessed valuation as defined in 
3 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section and 
4 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection 
5 (d) of this Section.
6  "ECI" means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national 
7 employment cost index for civilian workers in educational 
8 services in elementary and secondary schools on a 
9 cumulative basis for the 12-month calendar year preceding 
10 the fiscal year of the Evidence-Based Funding calculation.
11  "EIS Data" means the employment information system 
12 data maintained by the State Board on educators within 
13 Organizational Units.
14  "Employee benefits" means health, dental, and vision 
15 insurance offered to employees of an Organizational Unit, 
16 the costs associated with statutorily required payment of 
17 the normal cost of the Organizational Unit's teacher 
18 pensions, Social Security employer contributions, and 
19 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer contributions.
20  "English learner" or "EL" means a child included in the 
21 definition of "English learners" under Section 14C-2 of 
22 this Code participating in a program of transitional 
23 bilingual education or a transitional program of 
24 instruction meeting the requirements and program 
25 application procedures of Article 14C of this Code. For the 
26 purposes of collecting the number of EL students enrolled, 
 
 
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1 the same collection and calculation methodology as defined 
2 above for "ASE" shall apply to English learners, with the 
3 exception that EL student enrollment shall include 
4 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12.
5  "Essential Elements" means those elements, resources, 
6 and educational programs that have been identified through 
7 academic research as necessary to improve student success, 
8 improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, and 
9 provide for other per student costs related to the delivery 
10 and leadership of the Organizational Unit, as well as the 
11 maintenance and operations of the unit, and which are 
12 specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this 
13 Section.
14  "Evidence-Based Funding" means State funding provided 
15 to an Organizational Unit pursuant to this Section.
16  "Extended day" means academic and enrichment programs 
17 provided to students outside the regular school day before 
18 and after school or during non-instructional times during 
19 the school day.
20  "Extension Limitation Ratio" means a numerical ratio 
21 in which the numerator is the Base Tax Year's Extension and 
22 the denominator is the Preceding Tax Year's Extension.
23  "Final Percent of Adequacy" is defined in paragraph (4) 
24 of subsection (f) of this Section.
25  "Final Resources" is defined in paragraph (3) of 
26 subsection (f) of this Section.
 
 
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1  "Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" means the full-time 
2 equivalency compensation for staffing the relevant 
3 position at an Organizational Unit.
4  "Funding Gap" is defined in paragraph (1) of subsection 
5 (g).
6  "Guidance counselor" means a licensed guidance 
7 counselor who provides guidance and counseling support for 
8 students within an Organizational Unit.
9  "Hybrid District" means a partial elementary unit 
10 district created pursuant to Article 11E of this Code.
11  "Instructional assistant" means a core or special 
12 education, non-licensed employee who assists a teacher in 
13 the classroom and provides academic support to students. 
14  "Instructional facilitator" means a qualified teacher 
15 or licensed teacher leader who facilitates and coaches 
16 continuous improvement in classroom instruction; provides 
17 instructional support to teachers in the elements of 
18 research-based instruction or demonstrates the alignment 
19 of instruction with curriculum standards and assessment 
20 tools; develops or coordinates instructional programs or 
21 strategies; develops and implements training; chooses 
22 standards-based instructional materials; provides teachers 
23 with an understanding of current research; serves as a 
24 mentor, site coach, curriculum specialist, or lead 
25 teacher; or otherwise works with fellow teachers, in 
26 collaboration, to use data to improve instructional 
 
 
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1 practice or develop model lessons.
2  "Instructional materials" means relevant instructional 
3 materials for student instruction, including, but not 
4 limited to, textbooks, consumable workbooks, laboratory 
5 equipment, library books, and other similar materials.
6  "Laboratory School" means a public school that is 
7 created and operated by a public university and approved by 
8 the State Board.
9  "Librarian" means a teacher with an endorsement as a 
10 library information specialist or another individual whose 
11 primary responsibility is overseeing library resources 
12 within an Organizational Unit.
13  "Limiting rate for Hybrid Districts" means the 
14 combined elementary school and high school limited rates. 
15  "Local Capacity" is defined in paragraph (1) of 
16 subsection (c) of this Section.
17  "Local Capacity Percentage" is defined in subparagraph 
18 (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
19  "Local Capacity Ratio" is defined in subparagraph (B) 
20 of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
21  "Local Capacity Target" is defined in paragraph (2) of 
22 subsection (c) of this Section.
23  "Low-Income Count" means, for an Organizational Unit 
24 in a fiscal year, the higher of the average number of 
25 students for the prior school year or the immediately 
26 preceding 3 school years who, as of July 1 of the 
 
 
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1 immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined by the 
2 Department of Human Services), are eligible for at least 
3 one of the following low income programs: Medicaid, the 
4 Children's Health Insurance Program, TANF, or the 
5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, excluding 
6 pupils who are eligible for services provided by the 
7 Department of Children and Family Services. Until such time 
8 that grade level low-income populations become available, 
9 grade level low-income populations shall be determined by 
10 applying the low-income percentage to total student 
11 enrollments by grade level. The low-income percentage is 
12 determined by dividing the Low-Income Count by the Average 
13 Student Enrollment.
14  "Maintenance and operations" means custodial services, 
15 facility and ground maintenance, facility operations, 
16 facility security, routine facility repairs, and other 
17 similar services and functions.
18  "Minimum Funding Level" is defined in paragraph (9) of 
19 subsection (g) of this Section.
20  "New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds" means, for any 
21 given fiscal year, all State funds appropriated under 
22 Section 2-3.170 of the School Code. 
23  "New State Funds" means, for a given school year, all 
24 State funds appropriated for Evidence-Based Funding in 
25 excess of the amount needed to fund the Base Funding 
26 Minimum for all Organizational Units in that school year.
 
 
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1  "Net State Contribution Target" means, for a given 
2 school year, the amount of State funds that would be 
3 necessary to fully meet the Adequacy Target of an 
4 Operational Unit minus the Preliminary Resources available 
5 to each unit.
6  "Nurse" means an individual licensed as a certified 
7 school nurse, in accordance with the rules established for 
8 nursing services by the State Board, who is an employee of 
9 and is available to provide health care-related services 
10 for students of an Organizational Unit.
11  "Operating Tax Rate" means the rate utilized in the 
12 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, 
13 except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital 
14 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. 
15 For Hybrid Districts, the Operating Tax Rate shall be the 
16 combined elementary and high school rates utilized in the 
17 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, 
18 except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital 
19 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. 
20  "Organizational Unit" means a Laboratory School or any 
21 public school district that is recognized as such by the 
22 State Board and that contains elementary schools typically 
23 serving kindergarten through 5th grades, middle schools 
24 typically serving 6th through 8th grades, or high schools 
25 typically serving 9th through 12th grades. The General 
26 Assembly acknowledges that the actual grade levels served 
 
 
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1 by a particular Organizational Unit may vary slightly from 
2 what is typical.
3  "Organizational Unit CWI" is determined by calculating 
4 the CWI in the region and original county in which an 
5 Organizational Unit's primary administrative office is 
6 located as set forth in this paragraph, provided that if 
7 the Organizational Unit CWI as calculated in accordance 
8 with this paragraph is less than 0.9, the Organizational 
9 Unit CWI shall be increased to 0.9. Each county's current 
10 CWI value shall be adjusted based on the CWI value of that 
11 county's neighboring Illinois counties, to create a 
12 "weighted adjusted index value". This shall be calculated 
13 by summing the CWI values of all of a county's adjacent 
14 Illinois counties and dividing by the number of adjacent 
15 Illinois counties, then taking the weighted value of the 
16 original county's CWI value and the adjacent Illinois 
17 county average. To calculate this weighted value, if the 
18 number of adjacent Illinois counties is greater than 2, the 
19 original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.25 and 
20 the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at 
21 0.75. If the number of adjacent Illinois counties is 2, the 
22 original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.33 and 
23 the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at 
24 0.66. The greater of the county's current CWI value and its 
25 weighted adjusted index value shall be used as the 
26 Organizational Unit CWI.
 
 
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1  "Preceding Tax Year" means the property tax levy year 
2 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
3  "Preceding Tax Year's Extension" means the product of 
4 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county 
5 clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating 
6 Tax Rate. 
7  "Preliminary Percent of Adequacy" is defined in 
8 paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Section.
9  "Preliminary Resources" is defined in paragraph (2) of 
10 subsection (f) of this Section.
11  "Principal" means a school administrator duly endorsed 
12 to be employed as a principal in this State.
13  "Professional development" means training programs for 
14 licensed staff in schools, including, but not limited to, 
15 programs that assist in implementing new curriculum 
16 programs, provide data focused or academic assessment data 
17 training to help staff identify a student's weaknesses and 
18 strengths, target interventions, improve instruction, 
19 encompass instructional strategies for English learner, 
20 gifted, or at-risk students, address inclusivity, cultural 
21 sensitivity, or implicit bias, or otherwise provide 
22 professional support for licensed staff.
23  "Prototypical" means 450 special education 
24 pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 5 students 
25 for an elementary school, 450 grade 6 through 8 students 
26 for a middle school, and 600 grade 9 through 12 students 
 
 
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1 for a high school.
2  "PTELL" means the Property Tax Extension Limitation 
3 Law.
4  "PTELL EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of subsection 
5 (d) of this Section.
6  "Pupil support staff" means a nurse, psychologist, 
7 social worker, family liaison personnel, or other staff 
8 member who provides support to at-risk or struggling 
9 students.
10  "Real Receipts" is defined in paragraph (1) of 
11 subsection (d) of this Section.
12  "Regionalization Factor" means, for a particular 
13 Organizational Unit, the figure derived by dividing the 
14 Organizational Unit CWI by the Statewide Weighted CWI.
15  "School site staff" means the primary school secretary 
16 and any additional clerical personnel assigned to a school.
17  "Special education" means special educational 
18 facilities and services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of 
19 this Code.
20  "Special Education Allocation" means the amount of an 
21 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable 
22 to special education divided by the Organizational Unit's 
23 final Adequacy Target, the product of which shall be 
24 multiplied by the amount of new funding received pursuant 
25 to this Section. An Organizational Unit's final Adequacy 
26 Target attributable to special education shall include all 
 
 
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1 special education investment adequacy elements. 
2  "Specialist teacher" means a teacher who provides 
3 instruction in subject areas not included in core subjects, 
4 including, but not limited to, art, music, physical 
5 education, health, driver education, career-technical 
6 education, and such other subject areas as may be mandated 
7 by State law or provided by an Organizational Unit.
8  "Specially Funded Unit" means an Alternative School, 
9 safe school, Department of Juvenile Justice school, 
10 special education cooperative or entity recognized by the 
11 State Board as a special education cooperative, 
12 State-approved charter school, or alternative learning 
13 opportunities program that received direct funding from 
14 the State Board during the 2016-2017 school year through 
15 any of the funding sources included within the calculation 
16 of the Base Funding Minimum or Glenwood Academy.
17  "Supplemental Grant Funding" means supplemental 
18 general State aid funding received by an Organization Unit 
19 during the 2016-2017 school year pursuant to subsection (H) 
20 of Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now repealed). 
21  "State Adequacy Level" is the sum of the Adequacy 
22 Targets of all Organizational Units.
23  "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
24  "State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent 
25 of Education.
26  "Statewide Weighted CWI" means a figure determined by 
 
 
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1 multiplying each Organizational Unit CWI times the ASE for 
2 that Organizational Unit creating a weighted value, 
3 summing all Organizational Unit's weighted values, and 
4 dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units, 
5 thereby creating an average weighted index.
6  "Student activities" means non-credit producing 
7 after-school programs, including, but not limited to, 
8 clubs, bands, sports, and other activities authorized by 
9 the school board of the Organizational Unit.
10  "Substitute teacher" means an individual teacher or 
11 teaching assistant who is employed by an Organizational 
12 Unit and is temporarily serving the Organizational Unit on 
13 a per diem or per period-assignment basis replacing another 
14 staff member.
15  "Summer school" means academic and enrichment programs 
16 provided to students during the summer months outside of 
17 the regular school year.
18  "Supervisory aide" means a non-licensed staff member 
19 who helps in supervising students of an Organizational 
20 Unit, but does so outside of the classroom, in situations 
21 such as, but not limited to, monitoring hallways and 
22 playgrounds, supervising lunchrooms, or supervising 
23 students when being transported in buses serving the 
24 Organizational Unit.
25  "Target Ratio" is defined in paragraph (4) of 
26 subsection (g).
 
 
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1  "Tier 1", "Tier 2", "Tier 3", and "Tier 4" are defined 
2 in paragraph (3) of subsection (g).
3  "Tier 1 Aggregate Funding", "Tier 2 Aggregate 
4 Funding", "Tier 3 Aggregate Funding", and "Tier 4 Aggregate 
5 Funding" are defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (g). 
6 (b) Adequacy Target calculation. 
7  (1) Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target is the 
8 sum of the Organizational Unit's cost of providing 
9 Essential Elements, as calculated in accordance with this 
10 subsection (b), with the salary amounts in the Essential 
11 Elements multiplied by a Regionalization Factor calculated 
12 pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (b).
13  (2) The Essential Elements are attributable on a pro 
14 rata basis related to defined subgroups of the ASE of each 
15 Organizational Unit as specified in this paragraph (2), 
16 with investments and FTE positions pro rata funded based on 
17 ASE counts in excess or less than the thresholds set forth 
18 in this paragraph (2). The method for calculating 
19 attributable pro rata costs and the defined subgroups 
20 thereto are as follows: 
21   (A) Core class size investments. Each 
22 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding required 
23 to support that number of FTE core teacher positions as 
24 is needed to keep the respective class sizes of the 
25 Organizational Unit to the following maximum numbers:
26    (i) For grades kindergarten through 3, the 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required 
2 to support one FTE core teacher position for every 
3 15 Low-Income Count students in those grades and 
4 one FTE core teacher position for every 20 
5 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
6    (ii) For grades 4 through 12, the 
7 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required 
8 to support one FTE core teacher position for every 
9 20 Low-Income Count students in those grades and 
10 one FTE core teacher position for every 25 
11 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
12   The number of non-Low-Income Count students in a 
13 grade shall be determined by subtracting the 
14 Low-Income students in that grade from the ASE of the 
15 Organizational Unit for that grade.
16   (B) Specialist teacher investments. Each 
17 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
18 to cover that number of FTE specialist teacher 
19 positions that correspond to the following 
20 percentages: 
21    (i) if the Organizational Unit operates an 
22 elementary or middle school, then 20.00% of the 
23 number of the Organizational Unit's core teachers, 
24 as determined under subparagraph (A) of this 
25 paragraph (2); and
26    (ii) if such Organizational Unit operates a 
 
 
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1 high school, then 33.33% of the number of the 
2 Organizational Unit's core teachers. 
3   (C) Instructional facilitator investments. Each 
4 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
5 to cover one FTE instructional facilitator position 
6 for every 200 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten 
7 children with disabilities and all kindergarten 
8 through grade 12 students of the Organizational Unit.
9   (D) Core intervention teacher (tutor) investments. 
10 Each Organizational Unit shall receive the funding 
11 needed to cover one FTE teacher position for each 
12 prototypical elementary, middle, and high school.
13   (E) Substitute teacher investments. Each 
14 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
15 to cover substitute teacher costs that is equal to 
16 5.70% of the minimum pupil attendance days required 
17 under Section 10-19 of this Code for all full-time 
18 equivalent core, specialist, and intervention 
19 teachers, school nurses, special education teachers 
20 and instructional assistants, instructional 
21 facilitators, and summer school and extended-day 
22 teacher positions, as determined under this paragraph 
23 (2), at a salary rate of 33.33% of the average salary 
24 for grade K through 12 teachers and 33.33% of the 
25 average salary of each instructional assistant 
26 position.
 
 
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1   (F) Core guidance counselor investments. Each 
2 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
3 to cover one FTE guidance counselor for each 450 
4 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
5 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 5 
6 students, plus one FTE guidance counselor for each 250 
7 grades 6 through 8 ASE middle school students, plus one 
8 FTE guidance counselor for each 250 grades 9 through 12 
9 ASE high school students.
10   (G) Nurse investments. Each Organizational Unit 
11 shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE nurse 
12 for each 750 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children 
13 with disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 
14 12 students across all grade levels it serves.
15   (H) Supervisory aide investments. Each 
16 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
17 to cover one FTE for each 225 combined ASE of 
18 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all 
19 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE for 
20 each 225 ASE middle school students, plus one FTE for 
21 each 200 ASE high school students.
22   (I) Librarian investments. Each Organizational 
23 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE 
24 librarian for each prototypical elementary school, 
25 middle school, and high school and one FTE aide or 
26 media technician for every 300 combined ASE of 
 
 
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1 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all 
2 kindergarten through grade 12 students.
3   (J) Principal investments. Each Organizational 
4 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE 
5 principal position for each prototypical elementary 
6 school, plus one FTE principal position for each 
7 prototypical middle school, plus one FTE principal 
8 position for each prototypical high school.
9   (K) Assistant principal investments. Each 
10 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
11 to cover one FTE assistant principal position for each 
12 prototypical elementary school, plus one FTE assistant 
13 principal position for each prototypical middle 
14 school, plus one FTE assistant principal position for 
15 each prototypical high school.
16   (L) School site staff investments. Each 
17 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed 
18 for one FTE position for each 225 ASE of 
19 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all 
20 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE 
21 position for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus 
22 one FTE position for each 200 ASE high school students.
23   (M) Gifted investments. Each Organizational Unit 
24 shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 
25 ASE.
26   (N) Professional development investments. Each 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit shall receive $125 per student of 
2 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
3 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
4 students for trainers and other professional 
5 development-related expenses for supplies and 
6 materials.
7   (O) Instructional material investments. Each 
8 Organizational Unit shall receive $190 per student of 
9 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
10 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
11 students to cover instructional material costs.
12   (P) Assessment investments. Each Organizational 
13 Unit shall receive $25 per student of the combined ASE 
14 of pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all 
15 kindergarten through grade 12 students student to 
16 cover assessment costs.
17   (Q) Computer technology and equipment investments. 
18 Each Organizational Unit shall receive $285.50 per 
19 student of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten 
20 children with disabilities and all kindergarten 
21 through grade 12 students to cover computer technology 
22 and equipment costs. For the 2018-2019 school year and 
23 subsequent school years, Organizational Units assigned 
24 to Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the prior school year shall 
25 receive an additional $285.50 per student of the 
26 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
 
 
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1 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
2 students to cover computer technology and equipment 
3 costs in the Organization Unit's Adequacy Target. The 
4 State Board may establish additional requirements for 
5 Organizational Unit expenditures of funds received 
6 pursuant to this subparagraph (Q), including a 
7 requirement that funds received pursuant to this 
8 subparagraph (Q) may be used only for serving the 
9 technology needs of the district. It is the intent of 
10 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly that 
11 all Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts receive the addition to 
12 their Adequacy Target in the following year, subject to 
13 compliance with the requirements of the State Board.
14   (R) Student activities investments. Each 
15 Organizational Unit shall receive the following 
16 funding amounts to cover student activities: $100 per 
17 kindergarten through grade 5 ASE student in elementary 
18 school, plus $200 per ASE student in middle school, 
19 plus $675 per ASE student in high school.
20   (S) Maintenance and operations investments. Each 
21 Organizational Unit shall receive $1,038 per student 
22 of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
23 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 for 
24 day-to-day maintenance and operations expenditures, 
25 including salary, supplies, and materials, as well as 
26 purchased services, but excluding employee benefits. 
 
 
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1 The proportion of salary for the application of a 
2 Regionalization Factor and the calculation of benefits 
3 is equal to $352.92.
4   (T) Central office investments. Each 
5 Organizational Unit shall receive $742 per student of 
6 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
7 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
8 students to cover central office operations, including 
9 administrators and classified personnel charged with 
10 managing the instructional programs, business and 
11 operations of the school district, and security 
12 personnel. The proportion of salary for the 
13 application of a Regionalization Factor and the 
14 calculation of benefits is equal to $368.48.
15   (U) Employee benefit investments. Each 
16 Organizational Unit shall receive 30% of the total of 
17 all salary-calculated elements of the Adequacy Target, 
18 excluding substitute teachers and student activities 
19 investments, to cover benefit costs. For central 
20 office and maintenance and operations investments, the 
21 benefit calculation shall be based upon the salary 
22 proportion of each investment. If at any time the 
23 responsibility for funding the employer normal cost of 
24 teacher pensions is assigned to school districts, then 
25 that amount certified by the Teachers' Retirement 
26 System of the State of Illinois to be paid by the 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit for the preceding school year 
2 shall be added to the benefit investment. For any 
3 fiscal year in which a school district organized under 
4 Article 34 of this Code is responsible for paying the 
5 employer normal cost of teacher pensions, then that 
6 amount of its employer normal cost plus the amount for 
7 retiree health insurance as certified by the Public 
8 School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of 
9 Chicago to be paid by the school district for the 
10 preceding school year that is statutorily required to 
11 cover employer normal costs and the amount for retiree 
12 health insurance shall be added to the 30% specified in 
13 this subparagraph (U). The Teachers' Retirement System 
14 of the State of Illinois and the Public School 
15 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago shall 
16 submit such information as the State Superintendent 
17 may require for the calculations set forth in this 
18 subparagraph (U). 
19   (V) Additional investments in low-income students. 
20 In addition to and not in lieu of all other funding 
21 under this paragraph (2), each Organizational Unit 
22 shall receive funding based on the average teacher 
23 salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of:
24    (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) 
25 position for every 125 Low-Income Count students;
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1 every 125 Low-Income Count students;
2    (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position 
3 for every 120 Low-Income Count students; and
4    (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position 
5 for every 120 Low-Income Count students.
6   (W) Additional investments in English learner 
7 students. In addition to and not in lieu of all other 
8 funding under this paragraph (2), each Organizational 
9 Unit shall receive funding based on the average teacher 
10 salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of: 
11    (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) 
12 position for every 125 English learner students;
13    (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for 
14 every 125 English learner students;
15    (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position 
16 for every 120 English learner students;
17    (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position 
18 for every 120 English learner students; and
19    (v) one FTE core teacher position for every 100 
20 English learner students. 
21   (X) Special education investments. Each 
22 Organizational Unit shall receive funding based on the 
23 average teacher salary for grades K through 12 to cover 
24 special education as follows: 
25    (i) one FTE teacher position for every 141 
26 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
 
 
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1 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
2 students;
3    (ii) one FTE instructional assistant for every 
4 141 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with 
5 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 
6 students; and
7    (iii) one FTE psychologist position for every 
8 1,000 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children 
9 with disabilities and all kindergarten through 
10 grade 12 students. 
11  (3) For calculating the salaries included within the 
12 Essential Elements, the State Superintendent shall 
13 annually calculate average salaries to the nearest dollar 
14 using the employment information system data maintained by 
15 the State Board, limited to public schools only and 
16 excluding special education and vocational cooperatives, 
17 schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and 
18 charter schools, for the following positions: 
19   (A) Teacher for grades K through 8.
20   (B) Teacher for grades 9 through 12.
21   (C) Teacher for grades K through 12.
22   (D) Guidance counselor for grades K through 8.
23   (E) Guidance counselor for grades 9 through 12.
24   (F) Guidance counselor for grades K through 12.
25   (G) Social worker.
26   (H) Psychologist.
 
 
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1   (I) Librarian.
2   (J) Nurse.
3   (K) Principal.
4   (L) Assistant principal. 
5  For the purposes of this paragraph (3), "teacher" 
6 includes core teachers, specialist and elective teachers, 
7 instructional facilitators, tutors, special education 
8 teachers, pupil support staff teachers, English learner 
9 teachers, extended-day teachers, and summer school 
10 teachers. Where specific grade data is not required for the 
11 Essential Elements, the average salary for corresponding 
12 positions shall apply. For substitute teachers, the 
13 average teacher salary for grades K through 12 shall apply. 
14  For calculating the salaries included within the 
15 Essential Elements for positions not included within EIS 
16 Data, the following salaries shall be used in the first 
17 year of implementation of Evidence-Based Funding: 
18   (i) school site staff, $30,000; and
19   (ii) non-instructional assistant, instructional 
20 assistant, library aide, library media tech, or 
21 supervisory aide: $25,000. 
22  In the second and subsequent years of implementation of 
23 Evidence-Based Funding, the amounts in items (i) and (ii) 
24 of this paragraph (3) shall annually increase by the ECI. 
25  The salary amounts for the Essential Elements 
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1 and (T), and (V) through (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection 
2 (b) of this Section shall be multiplied by a 
3 Regionalization Factor. 
4 (c) Local capacity calculation. 
5  (1) Each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity 
6 represents an amount of funding it is assumed to contribute 
7 toward its Adequacy Target for purposes of the 
8 Evidence-Based Funding formula calculation. "Local 
9 Capacity" means either (i) the Organizational Unit's Local 
10 Capacity Target as calculated in accordance with paragraph 
11 (2) of this subsection (c) if its Real Receipts are equal 
12 to or less than its Local Capacity Target or (ii) the 
13 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity, as 
14 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of this 
15 subsection (c) if Real Receipts are more than its Local 
16 Capacity Target.
17  (2) "Local Capacity Target" means, for an 
18 Organizational Unit, that dollar amount that is obtained by 
19 multiplying its Adequacy Target by its Local Capacity 
20 Ratio. 
21   (A) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity 
22 Percentage is the conversion of the Organizational 
23 Unit's Local Capacity Ratio, as such ratio is 
24 determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this 
25 paragraph (2), into a cumulative distribution 
26 resulting in a percentile ranking to determine each 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other 
2 Organizational Units in this State. The calculation of 
3 Local Capacity Percentage is described in subparagraph 
4 (C) of this paragraph (2).
5   (B) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio 
6 in a given year is the percentage obtained by dividing 
7 its Adjusted EAV or PTELL EAV, whichever is less, by 
8 its Adequacy Target, with the resulting ratio further 
9 adjusted as follows: 
10    (i) for Organizational Units serving grades 
11 kindergarten through 12 and Hybrid Districts, no 
12 further adjustments shall be made;
13    (ii) for Organizational Units serving grades 
14 kindergarten through 8, the ratio shall be 
15 multiplied by 9/13;
16    (iii) for Organizational Units serving grades 
17 9 through 12, the Local Capacity Ratio shall be 
18 multiplied by 4/13; and
19    (iv) for an Organizational Unit with a 
20 different grade configuration than those specified 
21 in items (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph 
22 (B), the State Superintendent shall determine a 
23 comparable adjustment based on the grades served. 
24   (C) The Local Capacity Percentage is equal to the 
25 percentile ranking of the district. Local Capacity 
26 Percentage converts each Organizational Unit's Local 
 
 
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1 Capacity Ratio to a cumulative distribution resulting 
2 in a percentile ranking to determine each 
3 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other 
4 Organizational Units in this State. The Local Capacity 
5 Percentage cumulative distribution resulting in a 
6 percentile ranking for each Organizational Unit shall 
7 be calculated using the standard normal distribution 
8 of the score in relation to the weighted mean and 
9 weighted standard deviation and Local Capacity Ratios 
10 of all Organizational Units. If the value assigned to 
11 any Organizational Unit is in excess of 90%, the value 
12 shall be adjusted to 90%. For Laboratory Schools, the 
13 Local Capacity Percentage shall be set at 10% in

14 recognition of the absence of EAV and resources from 
15 the public university that are allocated to
the 
16 Laboratory School. The weighted mean for the Local 
17 Capacity Percentage shall be determined by multiplying 
18 each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio times 
19 the ASE for the unit creating a weighted value, summing 
20 the weighted values of all Organizational Units, and 
21 dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units. 
22 The weighted standard deviation shall be determined by 
23 taking the square root of the weighted variance of all 
24 Organizational Units' Local Capacity Ratio, where the 
25 variance is calculated by squaring the difference 
26 between each unit's Local Capacity Ratio and the 
 
 
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1 weighted mean, then multiplying the variance for each 
2 unit times the ASE for the unit to create a weighted 
3 variance for each unit, then summing all units' 
4 weighted variance and dividing by the total ASE of all 
5 units.
6   (D) For any Organizational Unit, the 
7 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity Target 
8 shall be reduced by either (i) the school board's 
9 remaining contribution pursuant to paragraph (ii) of 
10 subsection (b-4) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois 
11 Pension Code in a given year, or (ii) the board of 
12 education's remaining contribution pursuant to 
13 paragraph (iv) of subsection (b) of Section 17-129 of 
14 the Illinois Pension Code absent the employer normal 
15 cost portion of the required contribution and amount 
16 allowed pursuant to subdivision (3) of Section 
17 17-142.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in a given year. 
18 In the preceding sentence, item (i) shall be certified 
19 to the State Board of Education by the Teachers' 
20 Retirement System of the State of Illinois and item 
21 (ii) shall be certified to the State Board of Education 
22 by the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement 
23 Fund of the City of Chicago. 
24  (3) If an Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are more 
25 than its Local Capacity Target, then its Local Capacity 
26 shall equal an Adjusted Local Capacity Target as calculated 
 
 
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1 in accordance with this paragraph (3). The Adjusted Local 
2 Capacity Target is calculated as the sum of the 
3 Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target and its Real 
4 Receipts Adjustment. The Real Receipts Adjustment equals 
5 the Organizational Unit's Real Receipts less its Local 
6 Capacity Target, with the resulting figure multiplied by 
7 the Local Capacity Percentage.
8  As used in this paragraph (3), "Real Percent of 
9 Adequacy" means the sum of an Organizational Unit's Real 
10 Receipts, CPPRT, and Base Funding Minimum, with the 
11 resulting figure divided by the Organizational Unit's 
12 Adequacy Target. 
13 (d) Calculation of Real Receipts, EAV, and Adjusted EAV for 
14purposes of the Local Capacity calculation. 
15  (1) An Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are the 
16 product of its Applicable Tax Rate and its Adjusted EAV. An 
17 Organizational Unit's Applicable Tax Rate is its Adjusted 
18 Operating Tax Rate for property within the Organizational 
19 Unit.
20  (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the 
21 Equalized Assessed Valuation, or EAV, of all taxable 
22 property of each Organizational Unit as of September 30 of 
23 the previous year in accordance with paragraph (3) of this 
24 subsection (d). The State Superintendent shall then 
25 determine the Adjusted EAV of each Organizational Unit in 
26 accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), which 
 
 
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1 Adjusted EAV figure shall be used for the purposes of 
2 calculating Local Capacity.
3  (3) To calculate Real Receipts and EAV, the Department 
4 of Revenue shall supply to the State Superintendent the 
5 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue 
6 of all taxable property of every Organizational Unit, 
7 together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending 
8 taxes for the funds of the Organizational Unit as of 
9 September 30 of the previous year and (ii) the limiting 
10 rate for all Organizational Units subject to property tax 
11 extension limitations as imposed under PTELL. 
12   (A) The Department of Revenue shall add to the 
13 equalized assessed value of all taxable property of 
14 each Organizational Unit situated entirely or 
15 partially within a county that is or was subject to the 
16 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property 
17 Tax Code (i) an amount equal to the total amount by 
18 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 
19 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real 
20 property situated in that Organizational Unit exceeds 
21 the total amount that would have been allowed in that 
22 Organizational Unit if the maximum reduction under 
23 Section 15-176 was (I) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 
24 in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (II) $5,000 
25 in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and 
26 (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the 
 
 
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1 taxable year of all additional exemptions under 
2 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with 
3 a household income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk 
4 of any county that is or was subject to the provisions 
5 of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code 
6 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department 
7 of Revenue for each Organizational Unit all homestead 
8 exemption amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the 
9 Property Tax Code and all amounts of additional 
10 exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax 
11 Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or 
12 less. It is the intent of this subparagraph (A) that if 
13 the general homestead exemption for a parcel of 
14 property is determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 
15 of the Property Tax Code rather than Section 15-175, 
16 then the calculation of EAV shall not be affected by 
17 the difference, if any, between the amount of the 
18 general homestead exemption allowed for that parcel of 
19 property under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property 
20 Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed 
21 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of 
22 property been determined under Section 15-175 of the 
23 Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this 
24 subparagraph (A) that if additional exemptions are 
25 allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code 
26 for owners with a household income of less than 
 
 
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1 $30,000, then the calculation of EAV shall not be 
2 affected by the difference, if any, because of those 
3 additional exemptions.
4   (B) With respect to any part of an Organizational 
5 Unit within a redevelopment project area in respect to 
6 which a municipality has adopted tax increment 
7 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment 
8 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Division 74.4 of Article 
9 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Industrial 
10 Jobs Recovery Law, Division 74.6 of Article 11 of the 
11 Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current EAV of 
12 real property located in any such project area which is 
13 attributable to an increase above the total initial EAV 
14 of such property shall be used as part of the EAV of 
15 the Organizational Unit, until such time as all 
16 redevelopment project costs have been paid, as 
17 provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment 
18 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 
19 of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of 
20 the EAV of the Organizational Unit, the total initial 
21 EAV or the current EAV, whichever is lower, shall be 
22 used until such time as all redevelopment project costs 
23 have been paid.
24   (B-5) The real property equalized assessed 
25 valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by 
26 subtracting from the real property value, as equalized 
 
 
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1 or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the 
2 district an amount computed by dividing the amount of 
3 any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the 
4 Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining 
5 grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a district 
6 maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% 
7 for a district maintaining grades 9 through 12 and 
8 adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the amount 
9 of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a) of 
10 Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same 
11 percentage rates for district type as specified in this 
12 subparagraph (B-5). 
13   (C) For Organizational Units that are Hybrid 
14 Districts, the State Superintendent shall use the 
15 lesser of the adjusted equalized assessed valuation 
16 for property within the partial elementary unit 
17 district for elementary purposes, as defined in 
18 Article 11E of this Code, or the adjusted equalized 
19 assessed valuation for property within the partial 
20 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as 
21 defined in Article 11E of this Code. 
22  (4) An Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV shall be the 
23 average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3 years 
24 or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if the EAV in 
25 the immediately preceding year has declined by 10% or more 
26 compared to the 3-year average. In the event of 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit reorganization, consolidation, or 
2 annexation, the Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV for the 
3 first 3 years after such change shall be as follows: the 
4 most current EAV shall be used in the first year, the 
5 average of a 2-year EAV or its EAV in the immediately 
6 preceding year if the EAV declines by 10% or more compared 
7 to the 2-year average for the second year, and a 3-year 
8 average EAV or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if 
9 the adjusted EAV declines by 10% or more compared to the 
10 3-year average for the third year. For any school district 
11 whose EAV in the immediately preceding year is used in 
12 calculations, in the following year, the Adjusted EAV shall 
13 be the average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 2 
14 years or the immediately preceding year if that year 
15 represents a decline of 10% or more compared to the 2-year 
16 average. 
17  "PTELL EAV" means a figure calculated by the State 
18 Board for Organizational Units subject to PTELL as 
19 described in this paragraph (4) for the purposes of 
20 calculating an Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio. 
21 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4), the 
22 PTELL EAV of an Organizational Unit shall be equal to the 
23 product of the equalized assessed valuation last used in 
24 the calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 
25 of this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under 
26 this Section and the Organizational Unit's Extension 
 
 
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1 Limitation Ratio. If an Organizational Unit has approved or 
2 does approve an increase in its limiting rate, pursuant to 
3 Section 18-190 of the Property Tax Code, affecting the Base 
4 Tax Year, the PTELL EAV shall be equal to the product of 
5 the equalized assessed valuation last used in the 
6 calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of 
7 this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under 
8 this Section multiplied by an amount equal to one plus the 
9 percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index 
10 for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the 
11 United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar 
12 year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the equalized 
13 assessed valuation of new property, annexed property, and 
14 recovered tax increment value and minus the equalized 
15 assessed valuation of disconnected property.
16  As used in this paragraph (4), "new property" and 
17 "recovered tax increment value" shall have the meanings set 
18 forth in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
19 (e) Base Funding Minimum calculation. 
20  (1) For the 2017-2018 school year, the Base Funding 
21 Minimum of an Organizational Unit or a Specially Funded 
22 Unit shall be the amount of State funds distributed to the 
23 Organizational Unit or Specially Funded Unit during the 
24 2016-2017 school year prior to any adjustments and 
25 specified appropriation amounts described in this 
26 paragraph (1) from the following Sections, as calculated by 
 
 
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1 the State Superintendent: Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now 
2 repealed); Section 5 of Article 224 of Public Act 99-524 
3 (equity grants); Section 14-7.02b of this Code (funding for 
4 children requiring special education services); Section 
5 14-13.01 of this Code (special education facilities and 
6 staffing), except for reimbursement of the cost of 
7 transportation pursuant to Section 14-13.01; Section 
8 14C-12 of this Code (English learners); and Section 18-4.3 
9 of this Code (summer school), based on an appropriation 
10 level of $13,121,600. For a school district organized under 
11 Article 34 of this Code, the Base Funding Minimum also 
12 includes (i) the funds allocated to the school district 
13 pursuant to Section 1D-1 of this Code attributable to 
14 funding programs authorized by the Sections of this Code 
15 listed in the preceding sentence; and (ii) the difference 
16 between (I) the funds allocated to the school district 
17 pursuant to Section 1D-1 of this Code attributable to the 
18 funding programs authorized by Section 14-7.02 (non-public 
19 special education reimbursement), subsection (b) of 
20 Section 14-13.01 (special education transportation), 
21 Section 29-5 (transportation), Section 2-3.80 
22 (agricultural education), Section 2-3.66 (truants' 
23 alternative education), Section 2-3.62 (educational 
24 service centers), and Section 14-7.03 (special education - 
25 orphanage) of this Code and Section 15 of the Childhood 
26 Hunger Relief Act (free breakfast program) and (II) the 
 
 
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1 school district's actual expenditures for its non-public 
2 special education, special education transportation, 
3 transportation programs, agricultural education, truants' 
4 alternative education, services that would otherwise be 
5 performed by a regional office of education, special 
6 education orphanage expenditures, and free breakfast, as 
7 most recently calculated and reported pursuant to 
8 subsection (f) of Section 1D-1 of this Code. The Base 
9 Funding Minimum for Glenwood Academy shall be $625,500.
10  (2) For the 2018-2019 and subsequent school years, the 
11 Base Funding Minimum of Organizational Units and Specially 
12 Funded Units shall be the sum of (i) the amount of 
13 Evidence-Based Funding for the prior school year, (ii) the 
14 Base Funding Minimum for the prior school year, and (iii) 
15 any amount received by a school district pursuant to 
16 Section 7 of Article 97 of Public Act 100-21. 
17 (f) Percent of Adequacy and Final Resources calculation. 
18  (1) The Evidence-Based Funding formula establishes a 
19 Percent of Adequacy for each Organizational Unit in order 
20 to place such units into tiers for the purposes of the 
21 funding distribution system described in subsection (g) of 
22 this Section. Initially, an Organizational Unit's 
23 Preliminary Resources and Preliminary Percent of Adequacy 
24 are calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection 
25 (f). Then, an Organizational Unit's Final Resources and 
26 Final Percent of Adequacy are calculated to account for the 
 
 
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1 Organizational Unit's poverty concentration levels 
2 pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection (f).
3  (2) An Organizational Unit's Preliminary Resources are 
4 equal to the sum of its Local Capacity Target, CPPRT, and 
5 Base Funding Minimum. An Organizational Unit's Preliminary 
6 Percent of Adequacy is the lesser of (i) its Preliminary 
7 Resources divided by its Adequacy Target or (ii) 100%.
8  (3) Except for Specially Funded Units, an 
9 Organizational Unit's Final Resources are equal the sum of 
10 its Local Capacity, CPPRT, and Adjusted Base Funding 
11 Minimum. The Base Funding Minimum of each Specially Funded 
12 Unit shall serve as its Final Resources, except that the 
13 Base Funding Minimum for State-approved charter schools 
14 shall not include any portion of general State aid 
15 allocated in the prior year based on the per capita tuition 
16 charge times the charter school enrollment.
17  (4) An Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy 
18 is its Final Resources divided by its Adequacy Target. An 
19 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Base Funding Minimum is 
20 equal to its Base Funding Minimum less its Supplemental 
21 Grant Funding, with the resulting figure added to the 
22 product of its Supplemental Grant Funding and Preliminary 
23 Percent of Adequacy. 
24 (g) Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system. 
25  (1) In each school year under the Evidence-Based 
26 Funding formula, each Organizational Unit receives funding 
 
 
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1 equal to the sum of its Base Funding Minimum and the unit's 
2 allocation of New State Funds determined pursuant to this 
3 subsection (g). To allocate New State Funds, the 
4 Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system first 
5 places all Organizational Units into one of 4 tiers in 
6 accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), based 
7 on the Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy. New 
8 State Funds are allocated to each of the 4 tiers as 
9 follows: Tier 1 Aggregate Funding equals 50% of all New 
10 State Funds, Tier 2 Aggregate Funding equals 49% of all New 
11 State Funds, Tier 3 Aggregate Funding equals 0.9% of all 
12 New State Funds, and Tier 4 Aggregate Funding equals 0.1% 
13 of all New State Funds. Each Organizational Unit within 
14 Tier 1 or Tier 2 receives an allocation of New State Funds 
15 equal to its tier Funding Gap, as defined in the following 
16 sentence, multiplied by the tier's Allocation Rate 
17 determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection 
18 (g). For Tier 1, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap 
19 equals the tier's Target Ratio, as specified in paragraph 
20 (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the 
21 Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting 
22 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final 
23 Resources. For Tier 2, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap 
24 equals the tier's Target Ratio, as described in paragraph 
25 (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the 
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1 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final 
2 Resources and its Tier 1 funding allocation. To determine 
3 the Organizational Unit's Funding Gap, the resulting 
4 amount is then multiplied by a factor equal to one minus 
5 the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target 
6 percentage. Each Organizational Unit within Tier 3 or Tier 
7 4 receives an allocation of New State Funds equal to the 
8 product of its Adequacy Target and the tier's Allocation 
9 Rate, as specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection (g).
10  (2) To ensure equitable distribution of dollars for all 
11 Tier 2 Organizational Units, no Tier 2 Organizational Unit 
12 shall receive fewer dollars per ASE than any Tier 3 
13 Organizational Unit. Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 Organizational 
14 Unit shall have its funding allocation divided by its ASE. 
15 Any Tier 2 Organizational Unit with a funding allocation 
16 per ASE below the greatest Tier 3 allocation per ASE shall 
17 get a funding allocation equal to the greatest Tier 3 
18 funding allocation per ASE multiplied by the 
19 Organizational Unit's ASE. Each Tier 2 Organizational 
20 Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation shall be multiplied by the 
21 percentage calculated by dividing the original Tier 2 
22 Aggregate Funding by the sum of all Tier 2 Organizational 
23 Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation after adjusting 
24 districts' funding below Tier 3 levels. 
25  (3) Organizational Units are placed into one of 4 tiers 
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1   (A) Tier 1 consists of all Organizational Units, 
2 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of 
3 Adequacy less than the Tier 1 Target Ratio. The Tier 1 
4 Target Ratio is the ratio level that allows for Tier 1 
5 Aggregate Funding to be distributed, with the Tier 1 
6 Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4) 
7 of this subsection (g).
8   (B) Tier 2 consists of all Tier 1 Units and all 
9 other Organizational Units, except for Specially 
10 Funded Units, with a Percent of Adequacy of less than 
11 0.90.
12   (C) Tier 3 consists of all Organizational Units, 
13 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of 
14 Adequacy of at least 0.90 and less than 1.0.
15   (D) Tier 4 consists of all Organizational Units 
16 with a Percent of Adequacy of at least 1.0. 
17  (4) The Allocation Rates for Tiers 1 through 4 is 
18 determined as follows: 
19   (A) The Tier 1 Allocation Rate is 30%.
20   (B) The Tier 2 Allocation Rate is the result of the 
21 following equation: Tier 2 Aggregate Funding, divided 
22 by the sum of the Funding Gaps for all Tier 2 
23 Organizational Units, unless the result of such 
24 equation is higher than 1.0. If the result of such 
25 equation is higher than 1.0, then the Tier 2 Allocation 
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1   (C) The Tier 3 Allocation Rate is the result of the 
2 following equation: Tier 3
Aggregate Funding, divided 
3 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 3 
4 Organizational
Units.
5   (D) The Tier 4 Allocation Rate is the result of the 
6 following equation: Tier 4
Aggregate Funding, divided 
7 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 4 
8 Organizational
Units. 
9  (5) A tier's Target Ratio is determined as follows: 
10   (A) The Tier 1 Target Ratio is the ratio level that 
11 allows for Tier 1 Aggregate Funding to be distributed 
12 with the Tier 1 Allocation Rate.
13   (B) The Tier 2 Target Ratio is 0.90.
14   (C) The Tier 3 Target Ratio is 1.0.
15  (6) If, at any point, the Tier 1 Target Ratio is 
16 greater than 90%, than all Tier 1 funding shall be 
17 allocated to Tier 2 and no Tier 1 Organizational Unit's 
18 funding may be identified.
19  (7) In the event that all Tier 2 Organizational Units 
20 receive funding at the Tier 2 Target Ratio level, any 
21 remaining New State Funds shall be allocated to Tier 3 and 
22 Tier 4 Organizational Units. 
23  (8) If any Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood 
24 Academy, recognized by the State Board do not qualify for 
25 direct funding following the implementation of this 
26 amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly from any of 
 
 
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1 the funding sources included within the definition of Base 
2 Funding Minimum, the unqualified portion of the Base 
3 Funding Minimum shall be transferred to one or more 
4 appropriate Organizational Units as determined by the 
5 State Superintendent based on the prior year ASE of the 
6 Organizational Units.
7  (8.5) If a school district withdraws from a special 
8 education cooperative, the portion of the Base Funding 
9 Minimum that is attributable to the school district may be 
10 redistributed to the school district upon withdrawal. The 
11 school district and the cooperative must include the amount 
12 of the Base Funding Minimum that is to be re-apportioned in 
13 their withdrawal agreement and notify the State Board of 
14 the change with a copy of the agreement upon withdrawal. 
15  (9) The Minimum Funding Level is intended to establish 
16 a target for State funding that will keep pace with 
17 inflation and continue to advance equity through the 
18 Evidence-Based Funding formula. The target for State 
19 funding of New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds is 
20 $50,000,000 for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State 
21 fiscal years. The Minimum Funding Level is equal to 
22 $350,000,000. In addition to any New State Funds, no more 
23 than $50,000,000 New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds may be 
24 counted towards the Minimum Funding Level. If the sum of 
25 New State Funds and applicable New Property Tax Relief Pool 
26 Funds are less than the Minimum Funding Level, than funding 
 
 
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1 for tiers shall be reduced in the following manner:
2   (A) First, Tier 4 funding shall be reduced by an 
3 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum 
4 Funding Level and New State Funds until such time as 
5 Tier 4 funding is exhausted.
6   (B) Next, Tier 3 funding shall be reduced by an 
7 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum 
8 Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in 
9 Tier 4 funding until such time as Tier 3 funding is 
10 exhausted.
11   (C) Next, Tier 2 funding shall be reduced by an 
12 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum 
13 Funding level and new State Funds and the reduction 
14 Tier 4 and Tier 3.
15   (D) Finally, Tier 1 funding shall be reduced by an 
16 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum 
17 Funding level and New State Funds and the reduction in 
18 Tier 2, 3, and 4 funding. In addition, the Allocation 
19 Rate for Tier 1 shall be reduced to a percentage equal 
20 to the Tier 1 allocation rate set by paragraph (4) of 
21 this subsection (g), multiplied by the result of New 
22 State Funds divided by the Minimum Funding Level.
23  (9.5) For State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State 
24 fiscal years, if New State Funds exceed $300,000,000, then 
25 any amount in excess of $300,000,000 shall be dedicated for 
26 purposes of Section 2-3.170 of this Code up to a maximum of 
 
 
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1 $50,000,000. 
2  (10) In the event of a decrease in the amount of the 
3 appropriation for this Section in any fiscal year after 
4 implementation of this Section, the Organizational Units 
5 receiving Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding, as determined under 
6 paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), shall be held 
7 harmless by establishing a Base Funding Guarantee equal to 
8 the per pupil kindergarten through grade 12 funding 
9 received in accordance with this Section in the prior 
10 fiscal year. Reductions shall be
made to the Base Funding 
11 Minimum of Organizational Units in Tier 3 and Tier 4 on a

12 per pupil basis equivalent to the total number of the ASE 
13 in Tier 3-funded and Tier 4-funded Organizational Units 
14 divided by the total reduction in State funding. The Base

15 Funding Minimum as reduced shall continue to be applied to 
16 Tier 3 and Tier 4
Organizational Units and adjusted by the 
17 relative formula when increases in
appropriations for this 
18 Section resume. In no event may State funding reductions to

19 Organizational Units in Tier 3 or Tier 4 exceed an amount 
20 that would be less than the
Base Funding Minimum 
21 established in the first year of implementation of this

22 Section. If additional reductions are required, all school 
23 districts shall receive a
reduction by a per pupil amount 
24 equal to the aggregate additional appropriation
reduction 
25 divided by the total ASE of all Organizational Units. 
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1 adjustments to the distribution formula set forth in this 
2 subsection (g) to account for the rounding of percentages 
3 to the nearest tenth of a percentage and dollar amounts to 
4 the nearest whole dollar. 
5 (h) State Superintendent administration of funding and 
6district submission requirements. 
7  (1) The State Superintendent shall, in accordance with 
8 appropriations made by the General Assembly or the 
9 Education Prioritization Act, meet the funding obligations 
10 created under this Section.
11  (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the 
12 Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit and Net State 
13 Contribution Target for each Organizational Unit under 
14 this Section. The State Superintendent shall also certify 
15 the actual amounts of the New State Funds payable for each 
16 eligible Organizational Unit based on the equitable 
17 distribution calculation to the unit's treasurer, as soon 
18 as possible after such amounts are calculated, including 
19 any applicable adjusted charge-off increase. No 
20 Evidence-Based Funding shall be distributed within an 
21 Organizational Unit without the approval of the unit's 
22 school board.
23  (3) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate 
24 and report to each Organizational Unit the unit's aggregate 
25 financial adequacy amount, which shall be the sum of the 
26 Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit. The State 
 
 
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1 Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for 
2 each Organizational Unit the unit's total State funds 
3 allocated for its students with disabilities. The State 
4 Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for 
5 each Organizational Unit the amount of funding and 
6 applicable FTE calculated for each Essential Element of the 
7 unit's Adequacy Target.
8  (4) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate 
9 and report to each Organizational Unit the amount the unit 
10 must expend on special education and bilingual education 
11 and computer technology and equipment for Organizational 
12 Units assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 that received an 
13 additional $285.50 per student computer technology and 
14 equipment investment grant to their Adequacy Target 
15 pursuant to the unit's Base Funding Minimum, Special 
16 Education Allocation, Bilingual Education Allocation, and 
17 computer technology and equipment investment allocation.
18  (5) Moneys distributed under this Section shall be 
19 calculated on a school year basis, but paid on a fiscal 
20 year basis, with payments beginning in August and extending 
21 through June. Unless otherwise provided, the moneys 
22 appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed in 
23 22 equal payments at least 2 times monthly to each 
24 Organizational Unit. The State Board shall publish a yearly 
25 distribution schedule at its meeting in June. If moneys 
26 appropriated for any fiscal year are distributed other than 
 
 
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1 monthly, the distribution shall be on the same basis for 
2 each Organizational Unit.
3  (6) Any school district that fails, for any given 
4 school year, to maintain school as required by law or to 
5 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to receive 
6 Evidence-Based Funding. In case of non-recognition of one 
7 or more attendance centers in a school district otherwise 
8 operating recognized schools, the claim of the district 
9 shall be reduced in the proportion that the enrollment in 
10 the attendance center or centers bears to the enrollment of 
11 the school district. "Recognized school" means any public 
12 school that meets the standards for recognition by the 
13 State Board. A school district or attendance center not 
14 having recognition status at the end of a school term is 
15 entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal 
16 claim that was filed while it was recognized.
17  (7) School district claims filed under this Section are 
18 subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12 of this Code, except as 
19 otherwise provided in this Section.
20  (8) Each fiscal year, the State Superintendent shall 
21 calculate for each Organizational Unit an amount of its 
22 Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding that shall 
23 be deemed attributable to the provision of special 
24 educational facilities and services, as defined in Section 
25 14-1.08 of this Code, in a manner that ensures compliance 
26 with maintenance of State financial support requirements 
 
 
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1 under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education 
2 Act. An Organizational Unit must use such funds only for 
3 the provision of special educational facilities and 
4 services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of this Code, and 
5 must comply with any expenditure verification procedures 
6 adopted by the State Board.
7  (9) All Organizational Units in this State must submit 
8 annual spending plans by the end of September of each year 
9 to the State Board as part of the annual budget process, 
10 which shall describe how each Organizational Unit will 
11 utilize the Base Minimum Funding and Evidence-Based 
12 funding it receives from this State under this Section with 
13 specific identification of the intended utilization of 
14 Low-Income, English learner, and special education 
15 resources. Additionally, the annual spending plans of each 
16 Organizational Unit shall describe how the Organizational 
17 Unit expects to achieve student growth and how the 
18 Organizational Unit will achieve State education goals, as 
19 defined by the State Board. The State Superintendent may, 
20 from time to time, identify additional requisites for 
21 Organizational Units to satisfy when compiling the annual 
22 spending plans required under this subsection (h). The 
23 format and scope of annual spending plans shall be 
24 developed by the State Superintendent in conjunction with 
25 the Professional Review Panel. School districts that serve 
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1 submit information as required under Section 14C-12 of this 
2 Code. 
3  (10) No later than January 1, 2018, the State 
4 Superintendent shall develop a 5-year strategic plan for 
5 all Organizational Units to help in planning for adequacy 
6 funding under this Section. The State Superintendent shall 
7 submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly, 
8 as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly 
9 Organization Act. The plan shall include recommendations 
10 for: 
11   (A) a framework for collaborative, professional, 
12 innovative, and 21st century learning environments 
13 using the Evidence-Based Funding model;
14   (B) ways to prepare and support this State's 
15 educators for successful instructional careers;
16   (C) application and enhancement of the current 
17 financial accountability measures, the approved State 
18 plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
19 Act, and the Illinois Balanced Accountability Measures 
20 in relation to student growth and elements of the 
21 Evidence-Based Funding model; and
22   (D) implementation of an effective school adequacy 
23 funding system based on projected and recommended 
24 funding levels from the General Assembly. 
25 (i) Professional Review Panel. 
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1 review the implementation and effect of the Evidence-Based 
2 Funding model under this Section and to recommend continual 
3 recalibration and future study topics and modifications to 
4 the Evidence-Based Funding model. The Panel shall elect a 
5 chairperson and vice chairperson by a majority vote of the 
6 Panel and shall advance recommendations based on a majority 
7 vote of the Panel. A minority opinion may also accompany 
8 any recommendation of the majority of the Panel. The Panel 
9 shall be appointed by the State Superintendent, except as 
10 otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (i) 
11 and include the following members: 
12   (A) Two appointees that represent district 
13 superintendents, recommended by a statewide 
14 organization that represents district superintendents.
15   (B) Two appointees that represent school boards, 
16 recommended by a statewide organization that 
17 represents school boards.
18   (C) Two appointees from districts that represent 
19 school business officials, recommended by a statewide 
20 organization that represents school business 
21 officials.
22   (D) Two appointees that represent school 
23 principals, recommended by a statewide organization 
24 that represents school principals.
25   (E) Two appointees that represent teachers, 
26 recommended by a statewide organization that 
 
 
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1 represents teachers.
2   (F) Two appointees that represent teachers, 
3 recommended by another statewide organization that 
4 represents teachers.
5   (G) Two appointees that represent regional 
6 superintendents of schools, recommended by 
7 organizations that represent regional superintendents.
8   (H) Two independent experts selected solely by the 
9 State Superintendent.
10   (I) Two independent experts recommended by public 
11 universities in this State.
12   (J) One member recommended by a statewide 
13 organization that represents parents.
14   (K) Two representatives recommended by collective 
15 impact organizations that represent major metropolitan 
16 areas or geographic areas in Illinois.
17   (L) One member from a statewide organization 
18 focused on research-based education policy to support 
19 a school system that prepares all students for college, 
20 a career, and democratic citizenship. 
21   (M) One representative from a school district 
22 organized under Article 34 of this Code. 
23  The State Superintendent shall ensure that the 
24 membership of the Panel includes representatives from 
25 school districts and communities reflecting the 
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1 of this State. The State Superintendent shall additionally 
2 ensure that the membership of the Panel includes 
3 representatives with expertise in bilingual education and 
4 special education. Staff from the State Board shall staff 
5 the Panel. 
6  (2) In addition to those Panel members appointed by the 
7 State Superintendent, 4 members of the General Assembly 
8 shall be appointed as follows: one member of the House of 
9 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
10 Representatives, one member of the Senate appointed by the 
11 President of the Senate, one member of the House of 
12 Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
13 House of Representatives, and one member of the Senate 
14 appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. There shall 
15 be one additional member appointed by the Governor. All 
16 members appointed by legislative leaders or the Governor 
17 shall be non-voting, ex officio members.
18  (3) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent shall 
19 recalibrate the following per pupil elements of the 
20 Adequacy Target and applied to the formulas, based on the 
21 Panel's study of average expenses as reported in the most 
22 recent annual financial report: 
23   (A) gifted under subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) 
24 of subsection (b) of this Section;
25   (B) instructional materials under subparagraph (O) 
26 of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section;
 
 
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1   (C) assessment under subparagraph (P) of paragraph 
2 (2) of subsection (b) of this Section;
3   (D) student activities under subparagraph (R) of 
4 paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section;
5   (E) maintenance and operations under subparagraph 
6 (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; 
7 and
8   (F) central office under subparagraph (T) of 
9 paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section. 
10  (4) On a periodic basis, the Panel shall study all the 
11 following elements and make recommendations to the State 
12 Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor for 
13 modification of this Section: 
14   (A) The format and scope of annual spending plans 
15 referenced in paragraph (9) of subsection (h) of this 
16 Section.
17   (B) The Comparable Wage Index under this Section, 
18 to be studied by the Panel and reestablished by the 
19 State Superintendent every 5 years.
20   (C) Maintenance and operations. Within 5 years 
21 after the implementation of this Section, the Panel 
22 shall make recommendations for the further study of 
23 maintenance and operations costs, including capital 
24 maintenance costs, and recommend any additional 
25 reporting data required from Organizational Units.
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1 after the implementation of this Section, the Panel 
2 shall make recommendations for the further study and 
3 determination of an "at-risk student" definition. 
4 Within 5 years after the implementation of this 
5 Section, the Panel shall evaluate and make 
6 recommendations regarding adequate funding for poverty 
7 concentration under the Evidence-Based Funding model.
8   (E) Benefits. Within 5 years after the 
9 implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make 
10 recommendations for further study of benefit costs.
11   (F) Technology. The per pupil target for 
12 technology shall be reviewed every 3 years to determine 
13 whether current allocations are sufficient to develop 
14 21st century learning in all classrooms in this State 
15 and supporting a one-to-one technological device 
16 program in each school. Recommendations shall be made 
17 no later than 3 years after the implementation of this 
18 Section.
19   (G) Local Capacity Target. Within 3 years after the 
20 implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make 
21 recommendations for any additional data desired to 
22 analyze possible modifications to the Local Capacity 
23 Target, to be based on measures in addition to solely 
24 EAV and to be completed within 5 years after 
25 implementation of this Section.
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1 Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning 
2 opportunities programs. By the beginning of the 
3 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall study and make 
4 recommendations regarding the funding levels for 
5 Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, 
6 and alternative learning opportunities programs in 
7 this State.
8   (I) Funding for college and career acceleration 
9 strategies. By the beginning of the 2021-2022 school 
10 year, the Panel shall study and make recommendations 
11 regarding funding levels to support college and career 
12 acceleration strategies in high school that have been 
13 demonstrated to result in improved secondary and 
14 postsecondary outcomes, including Advanced Placement, 
15 dual-credit opportunities, and college and career 
16 pathway systems.
17   (J) Special education investments. By the 
18 beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall 
19 study and make recommendations on whether and how to 
20 account for disability types within the special 
21 education funding category. 
22   (K) Early childhood investments. In collaboration 
23 with the Illinois Early Learning Council, the Panel 
24 shall include an analysis of what level of Preschool 
25 for All Children funding would be necessary to serve 
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1 highest-priority service tier, as specified in 
2 paragraph (4.5) of subsection (a) of Section 2-3.71 of 
3 this Code, and an analysis of the potential cost 
4 savings that that level of Preschool for All Children 
5 investment would have on the kindergarten through 
6 grade 12 system.
7  (5) Within 5 years after the implementation of this 
8 Section, the Panel shall complete an evaluative study of 
9 the entire Evidence-Based Funding model, including an 
10 assessment of whether or not the formula is achieving State 
11 goals. The Panel shall report to the State Board, the 
12 General Assembly, and the Governor on the findings of the 
13 study.
14  (6) Within 3 years after the implementation of this 
15 Section, the Panel shall evaluate and provide 
16 recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on 
17 the hold-harmless provisions of this Section found in the 
18 Base Funding Minimum. 
19 (j) References. Beginning July 1, 2017, references in other 
20laws to general State aid funds or calculations under Section 
2118-8.05 of this Code (now repealed) shall be deemed to be 
22references to evidence-based model formula funds or 
23calculations under this Section. 

24(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-578, eff. 1-31-18; 
25100-582, eff. 3-23-18.)

 
 
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1 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
2Section 8.43 as follows:

3 (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)
4 Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
5of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
6implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
7the 101st General Assembly.


8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.